US singer-songwriter Leah Kate will visit Australia this December for her first live dates down under. Leah will deliver headline sets at Sydney’s The Lansdowne on Wednesday 14 December and Melbourne’s The Evelyn Hotel on Friday 16 December, along with an appearance at TikTok’s For You Fest on 15 December.
LEAH KATE
AUSTRALIAN TOUR
DECEMBER 2022
WEDNESDAY 14 DECEMBER | The Lansdowne | Sydney NSW
FRIDAY 16 DECEMBER | The Evelyn Hotel | Melbourne VIC
Touching down in Australia on the back of sold-out UK and European dates, Leah Kate is undeniably a star on the rise. With close to 4.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone, support slots with Aussie natives Chase Atlantic and Madison Beer, Kate’s ascent has been likened to Olivia Rodrigo and Dua Lipa. She scored her first Billboard Chart entry earlier this year, claiming No.24 on the Emerging Artists Chart with her breakup song ‘10 Things I Hate About You’, and has been covered by Rolling Stone, Stereogum and more.
Leah Kate writes pop/rock anthems that cut to the bone. Pairing booming, radio-ready choruses with poignant, hyper-specific details, her songs are intimate and razor-sharp — the sort of tracks that resonate with listeners around the world.
With the success of ‘10 Things I Hate About You’, the Los Angeles native is realising her childhood dreams of pop stardom by reaching deep within and sharing relatable feelings alongside addictive melodies. It’s a sound she has perfected on her irreverent-yet-emotional new EP, Alive and Unwell, released last month.
Confessional and confident, this new EP finds Leah Kate digging deep yet again, embodying both the brash swagger and the raw vulnerability of the rock greats who preceded her. Moments like the title track ‘Alive and Unwell’ show off just how real she’s willing to get. “I’m alive and unwell, some days I fucking hate myself,” she sings on the latter track over careening guitars. “No magic pill is gonna help.” It’s heavy, but that’s the point. Her breakout ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ also makes an appearance, and that track too was the result of her cracking open tough situations in her life.
Writing these songs is deeply cathartic. “I really needed to get over a guy who had been f***ing with my head for the longest time,” Kate says of her breakthrough hit. “At one point I decided to list everything I hated about him to help me move the f*** on.”
A dynamic live performer, Leah Kate won’t be playing intimate rooms for long! Don’t miss your chance to catch this star on her first Australian tour next month.